A different view of urban schools : civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities /
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| Author / Creator: | Epstein, Kitty Kelly, 1946- |
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| Imprint: | New York : P. Lang, c2006. |
| Description: | x, 144 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Counterpoints ; v. 291 Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 291. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5885110 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Themes and theories, personal and academic
- 2. The bad old days : the pre-civil rights history of a northern school district
- 3. "Mississippi West" : Oakland's civil rights movement
- 4. Civil rights and state takeovers : a diverse Oakland School board defeats an attempted state takeover in 1988
- 5. Curriculum and structures : social studies textbooks, tracking, and other issues
- 6. The "leave no teacher" laws : state and federal regulations mandating a "highly qualified" teaching force actually create problems for urban communities
- 7. Turning lemons into lemonade : the partnership program
- 8. "Are you bilingual like me, Miss Johnson?" : ebonics revisited
- 9. Making a way out of no way : the struggle for academic quality
- 10. Conclusions and programs.
